TOV5
The atmosphere in the Bearded Tavern is still noisy and warm.
However, the atmosphere in the corner where the Saru was located instantly stagnated.
"Really... knight?" The old mercenary opened his mouth wide and looked at Colin in surprise.
He knew that Colin's identity was not simple, but he had never thought that he was a knight.
You know, the knights of this world are fundamentally different from the warriors of the bad street.
Any civilian who can afford meat and develop well can learn how to inspire vindictiveness in the Warriors Union, and as long as he can get a few silver coins he can become warrior apprentice.
But the knights are different.
To become a knight apprentice, you must first have a certain talent, and, more importantly, you must accept the baptism ceremony presided over by the pastor of the Glorious Church.
It is completely different from the baptism on Earth, which is only symbolic and can be sprinkled with water. The baptism ceremony in this world is in which the pastor of the Glorious Church casts a spell to communicate with the Lord of Radiance, and engraves the sacred brand on the baptized person.
This process is very demanding for the pastor. Therefore, the baptism ceremony that each pastor can preside in his life is limited.
Therefore, this kind of baptism quota is extremely precious. Basically, it has been completely monopolized by the nobles, and it is almost impossible for civilians to reach it.
The rarity of knights can be imagined.
For example, Baron Angele has only three loyal knights, plus the baron himself and his son Colin, and the entire territory has only five knights.
Among them, Colin is not even an official knight, currently, he is only a knight apprentice.
Professionals in this world can be divided into ninth ranks according to their strength, with the first rank being the weakest and the ninth rank being the strongest.
Of course, there is also an apprentice level under the first rank, which is set for the novices who have not yet officially entered the first rank.
In fact, the difference in combat power between knights and fighters of the same rank is not particularly large. The knights do have the advantage, but in a head-on confrontation, they may not necessarily win against fighters. After all, martial skills, will, weapons, and equipment must be considered.
What really made the nobles rush to the profession of knights was actually because of its potential.
The apex of the warrior profession is Tier 6.
Wrong, looking at the entire continent, there has never been a seventh-order warrior, no matter whether it is a human, a troll, an orc, or an elf...none.
According to the words of the first Pope Peter Messell of the Glorious Church.
"Mortals need the gifts of gods to enter the sanctuary."
The seventh-order or higher is the sanctuary, so the seventh-order knight is also called the Paladin.
Therefore, according to this statement, warriors haven't been baptized, so of course, they cannot obtain the gifts of the gods, and they have no relationship with the seventh-order.
At present, there are only five occupations that can break through Tier 6 in this world.
And without exception, they all believe in a certain deity.
They are the human knight who serves the Lord of Radiance, the troll warrior who serves the God of War, the elven ranger who serves the Goddess of Fate, the naga royal guard who serves the God of Storm, and the orc skull-crusher who serves the God of Destruction.
Even those spellcasters who don't believe in gods and only believe in arcane truths can't break through the sixth order.
However, they can release forbidden spells with powers of rank seventh or above.
But the release of such a forbidden spell requires the caster to pay an extremely terrible price, and it cannot be regarded as a conventional means of attack.
Of course, for the knight, the sanctuary is definitely not so easy to enter.
Once a Paladin is born from any family, the whole family will become extremely prominent.
And all families where have been born Paladins will be honored with the word "Holy" before their family surname.
For example, the master of the northern territory of the Glorious Empire - the Hilde family, is the descendant of the founding paladins of the empire, so they are honored as the Saint Hilde family.
In the entire history of the Glorious Empire, only seven paladin families have appeared.
From this the difficulty of entering the sanctuary is evident.
As for the eighth rank, it is called the legendary realm.
Garner Lorenzo, the founding emperor of the Glorious Empire, is a paladin in the legendary realm and he is the only one recorded in history.
For more than a thousand years after him, there has never been a paladin entering the legendary realm.
Not to mention the ninth order.
Tier 9 is also known as the Demigod Realm, and it is said that only the dragon that once dominated this world can reach it. After their extinction, no race has ever been able to give birth to a demigod powerhouse.
As for Tier 9 and above, that is the realm of the gods...
In short, knights are noble and rare, and can even be said to belong only to nobles. Obviously, they should appear in places like castles rather than taverns.
Generally, no knight would choose to follow the mercenary group to another city. After all, they have their own vassals, servants, and even an army.
Therefore, the appearance of Colin is particularly strange.
Just as the atmosphere in the corner became more and more serious, a small furry head suddenly emerged from Colin's shirt.
"Meow--" Seemingly dissatisfied with the interruption of his good sleep, the kitten snarled at the bearded man.
Colin smiled slightly, again shoved a guy who had gotten up into his clothes, and then asked the bearded man, "How do you tell that I am a knight?"
In fact, Colin felt that he had been careful enough.
There is no armor, the sword is just a standard one-handed sword, and the clothes are also "borrowed" from the uniform of a guard who is about the same size as him.
Moreover, according to the memory of the predecessor, although fighters and knights do have different fighting performances, there should be no difference if they don't take action.
What is more, for a knight apprentice like Colin who has not yet entered the ranks, because he can't inspire the Holy Light to assist in the fight, even if he really fights, there is no difference from the warrior apprentice.
Is there really a way to distinguish these two professions?
Colin felt that this might be a blind spot in the knowledge of the predecessor.
But who knows, Saru smiled slyly and said: "I guessed."
He was cheated!
Colin reacted immediately, he was fooled by this seemingly reckless and simple bearded man.
Saru should only be suspicious, but Colin's subconscious reaction made the other party confirm his knighthood.
The main reason is that Saru's appearance is too confusing.
It made Colin less alert and because of this, he was swindled out of his real career by the other party.
Firefox Mercenary Group.
Ho ho, no wonder it's called this name.
It looks like a violent bear, but in fact, it is cunning like a fox.
"I have been in the mercenary world for more than forty years, and I don't know how many people have been seen with these eyes. Hey, you kid, although you are plainly dressed, you don't look like a civilian at first sight. Sure enough, a swindle will reveal your stuff! "
Colin took a deep breath and kept reminding himself in his heart that he must be cautious and careful when dealing with experienced people like Saru.
However, on the surface, Colin appeared calm and composed, but internally he was totally nervous about being exposed.
First, in front of Saru, he took out ten copper coins and threw them to the old mercenary, indicating that he could leave first.
Then he opened the chair next to Saru and sat down naturally: "I admit that the previous trick is really not appropriate. I apologize to you. But, you shouldn't refuse a knight to walk with you?"
"Your name?" Saru put a smile away and asked, staring into Colin's eyes.
Colin looked directly into Saru's eyes and replied in the most sincere tone:
"Kahn, Kahn Sudor."
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